Have you ever tried spinning your water bottle to empty it more quickly? This experiment, familiar to the general public, has rarely been studied in the scientific literature, which focuses mainly on the non-rotational case. We show that this popular experiment is surprisingly complex. Our study reveals the presence of three flow regimes, which have a direct impact on the efficiency of the draining process.
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